Improvement in corn-husking implements



W. PRICE. I florn-Hu'ski-n'g Implements. him-211.345. Patented Jan. 14, 1879:.

UN T D STATES" PATENT. OFFICE HENRY W. PRICE, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENTS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 211,345, dated January 14,1879; application filed September 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY W. PRICE, of the city of Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Hashing Pins, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to corn-husking pins, designed to be worn on the hand of the user for the purpose of opening the husk preparatory to removing it from the ear.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap and-effective husking-pin capable of use with or without a glove, and which, when used with a glove, can be so used without cutting or otherwise injuring the glove, and to provide a pin, made reversible, having two husking ends, and constructed of malleable material, and having finger-clasps capable of being reduced in size or enlarged to closely fit the fingers of theuser.

1n the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are repre-' sentations of my improved husking pin as viewed from opposite sides.

In these figures, a represents the main body of the husking-pin, which, in its general form, is composed of like halves of ogee or 8 form,

springing from the middle of its length, from which point each half curves forward, then backward, and at itsouter end again forward. Thus each half consists of like reverse curves 1 having their outer ends curving forward, one

ing two branches, 0 and f, which curve out ward in the direction of the length of the pin to overlap the back of the fingers, and serve to fix the pin in position for use.

These huskin g-pins are made from malleable material, as of malleable iron, which permits the clasping-arms to be bent inward, to more closely fit the fingers, or outward, to make more room for the fingers when required.

By this construction I produce a doubleended reversible huskiug-pin, which, when in use, is supported on two fingers without confining or cramping them; and I also produce a cheap and effective husking-pin at a small cost, which is capable of use with or without a glove, and when used with a glove does not require a glove specially prepared for it, or does not require that the glove be cut or otherwise injured, but is applicable foruse with the ordinary gloves found "in the trade.

I claim as my invention- 1. A reversible corn-husking pin provided at its middle with a finger-clasp, and com posed of like halves of an ogec or 3 form, said 'in spoon form and forked form, substantially as set forth.

HENRY W. PRICE. Witnesses A. O. BEHEL, Jmvrns FERGUSON. 

